When Men Walk Dry: Portuguese Messianism in Brazil - AAR Academy Series - Carole A. Myscofski - Libros - Oxford University Press Inc - 9781555402570 - 2 de enero de 1989
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This book examines the nature of messianic movements by studying a specific case history. Carole Myscovski argues that underlying any single messianic movement is a messianic tradition that draws together messianic and related religious beliefs, rituals, and social structures. She traces the Luso-Brazilian messianic tradition from its origins in sixteenth-century Portugal to its flowering in colonial Brazil to its expression in three nineteenth-century messianicmovements. Challenging sociopolitical and psychological analyses that reduce religious activity to proto-nationalism or psychosis, Myscofski establishes a historical model for investigating messianic movements in general, while providing new information about a little known Brazilian religioustradition.


209 pages

Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 2 de enero de 1989
ISBN13 9781555402570
Editores Oxford University Press Inc
Páginas 224
Dimensiones 214 × 164 × 14 mm   ·   272 g

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